The unknown creator of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto, could write a book

Does the unknown creator of Bitcoin write a book about this?

One could conclude from an enigmatic message published Friday on a website related to Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonym used by the person or persons who published the original Bitcoin. white paper in 2008.

The site details the "first excerpt of a literary work composed of two parts" that promises to be "a short story if you will, with some of the most questions I wanted people and facts to be known. "In true Nakamoto style, it even includes a cryptogram, which claims to reveal names related to the title of the book.

The response to the cryptogram seems to be "honne et tatamae," or "tatemae", which according to Wikipedia is a Japanese expression that describes "the contrast between the true feelings and desires of a person" and "the behavior and the opinions that we posted in public. "

Bloomberg News could not independently verify the authenticity of the article or the extract

Genesis Block

Many journalists have tried and failed to find the true identity of Nakamoto, yet it is still a secret in cryptoworld. In the excerpt posted on the website, the author lists the pioneers of digital goods research such as Adam Back, Wei Dai, David Chaum and Hal Finney.

There are also bits of strangeness in the text. "First" genesis block for Bitcoin. This was the first block of the Bitcoin blockchain released by Nakamoto in early 2009, yet this new excerpt seems to imply that there is more than one.

The author claims that Nakamoto is involved in the cypherpunk movement that spawned Bitcoin as 14 years

And he (she) makes this point interesting: "I'll take a moment to explain something thing. I know that some of you may read this or hear about it for the first time, maybe not, so I should declare it publicly, although it is supposed, but has never been publicly declared previously, so I will make it official, "writes the author. "Satoshi Nakamoto is not a real name – more precisely, not a legal name – it is essentially the essence of thoughts and reason."

In any case, a book of the True Nakamoto would be devoured by bitcoin lovers around the world. Perhaps the author abandons it with the first line of the excerpt: "It was inevitable."